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You can't be cranky when you watch cuteness in action. Inside the room you have your maulers, the ones who like to make some noise, the future hunters and the scaredy cats.

Horst said the little refuge is about more than just being cute. From birth to 12 weeks, the kittens are learning how to be cats.

"They learn so much from playing with their brothers and sisters and other litters," said Wittkoski.

Each year, about 14 litters of kittens get their start at the special-needs, no-kill shelter. It's a safe place for them to get their early life lessons.

If you want to help socialize the little guys, join the volunteers at the Animal Lifeline of Iowa.

If you can't make it to the shelter to play, you can still get your kitten fix with the click of a mouse.

The Animal Rescue League's KCCI kitty cam is ready to go. You can find it live anytime on our free website KCCI.com.

"People can login from anywhere in the world from their home compute and control the cameras, control the cat toys and play with the cats for 2 minutes," said Stephanie Filer of the Animal Rescue League.

You control the camera so you can follow the cats around the room.

"If they need a break during the day at work, they can logon for a little cat therapy and get their fix that way too," said Filer.

Just click on the paw print on the kitty cam webpage to get started. The page shows you how many users are waiting to play, and your estimated wait time to get remote control of the cameras and toys.

When it's your turn, click any of the arrows to move the camera around and click on any of the three buttons to move the big toys inside the room. Each toy is labeled 1, 2, 3 so you know which one you are moving.